The Stuff of Thought 2007

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The Pulitzer Prize finalist author of The Blank Slate presents an accessible study of the relationship between language and human nature, explaining how everything from swearing and innuendo to prepositions and baby names reveal facts about key human concepts, emotions, and relationships.

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Books by Steven Pinker:

• The Better Angels of Our Nature (2011)
• The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004 (2004)
• The Stuff of Thought (2007)
• The Blank Slate (2003)
• The Language Instinct (2000)
• How the Mind Works (1997)